| EPONYCHIUM | • eponychium n. (Anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail. • eponychium n. (Zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates… • EPONYCHIUM n. a narrow band of cuticle over the base of a nail. |
| HYPANTHIUM | • hypanthium n. (Botany) The bowl-shaped part of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne. • HYPANTHIUM n. a fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the rose hip and the pear. |
| HYPOGENOUS | • hypogenous adj. (Botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface. • HYPOGENOUS adj. produced or growing on the undersurface, esp. (of fern spores) growing on the undersurface of the leaves. |
| HYPOGYNOUS | • hypogynous adj. (Botany) Of a flower, having a superior ovary, attached directly to the receptacle like other floral parts. • HYPOGYNOUS adj. growing from beneath the ovary; having the other floral parts below the ovary. |
| HYPOTENUSE | • hypotenuse n. (Geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle. • HYPOTENUSE n. the longest side of a right-angled triangle, also HYPOTHENUSE. |
| KEYPUNCHED | • keypunched v. Simple past tense and past participle of keypunch. • KEYPUNCH v. to transfer data on to punched cards. |
| KEYPUNCHER | • keypuncher n. (Computing) A keypunch. • keypuncher n. A person who operates a keypunch. • KEYPUNCHER n. one who keypunches. |
| KEYPUNCHES | • keypunches n. Plural of keypunch. • KEYPUNCH v. to transfer data on to punched cards. |
| NEUROPATHY | • neuropathy n. (Medicine) Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy. • neuropathy n. (Medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral… • NEUROPATHY n. an affection of the nervous system or of a nerve. |
| NYMPHAEUMS | • nymphaeums n. Plural of nymphaeum. • NYMPHAEUM n. a temple for nymphs. |
| PHILLUMENY | • phillumeny n. The hobby of collecting matchbox labels and other match-related items. • PHILLUMENY n. the hobby of collecting of matchbox labels. |
| PICAYUNISH | • picayunish adj. Petty; paltry; mean. • PICAYUNISH adj. petty, paltry. |
| POLYANTHUS | • polyanthus n. A type of primula, apparently originally from a hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, having… • POLYANTHUS n. the oxlip, so called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. |
| SULPHINYLS | • sulphinyls n. Plural of sulphinyl. • SULPHINYL n. the bivalent chemical group SO, also SULFINYL. |
| SULPHONYLS | • sulphonyls n. Plural of sulphonyl an alternative spelling of sulfonyl. • SULPHONYL n. a particular chemical divalent group, also SULFONYL, SULFURYL, SULPHURYL. |
| TAUTOPHONY | • tautophony n. Repetition of the same sound. • TAUTOPHONY n. repetition of the same sound. |
| THRUPPENNY | • thruppenny n. (Britain, informal, dated) threepence. • THRUPPENNY n. threepence, as in thruppenny bit, also THREEPENCE, THREEPENNY, THRUPPENCE. |
| THUMPINGLY | • thumpingly adv. With thumping noises. • thumpingly adv. (Informal) Extremely. • THUMPING adv. THUMP, to beat with a heavy blow. |
| UNHAPPYING | • UNHAPPY v. (Shakespeare) to make unhappy. |
| UNSYMPATHY | • unsympathy n. Lack of sympathy. • UNSYMPATHY n. absence of sympathy. |